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  • FULL-TIME SCORES

    Full-time results from the top clubs in the south. MIDDLESBROUGH 0 - PORTSMOUTH 0 WIGAN 0 - READING 2 BOURNEMOUTH 1 - ACCRINGTON STANLEY 0 SAINTS PLAY CHARLTON ON SUNDAY. FOR FULL MATCH REPORTS, ANALYSIS AND PICTURES SEE THE 16-PAGE SPORTS SUPPLEMENT

  • Christmas stories

    AS Christmas draws near, some of you have sent in your stories and poems on a Christmas theme. Keep sending them in and I'll print as many as I can. This week's Christmas story is by Tim Deacon, 54, who is a neighbourhood warden in the Test Valley. Tim

  • Indoor Cricket: Shirazi bats for Institute cause

    DAMIAN SHIRAZI has helped book Southampton Institute a return ticket to cricket headquarters. Shirazi, who plays for Southern League champions BAT, was on top form in the regional qualifying round of the BUSA Indoor Cricket Championships. Last year the

  • Suede: Love & Poison - Authorised Biography by David Barnett

    Suede were arguably the most important British band of the early 90s. They laid the groundwork for the Britpop scene to which they nonetheless never really belonged, celebrating a distinctly English sensibility in contrast to the American rock ethic then

  • TOP TEN PAPERBACKS

    This week's best-selling paperbacks supplied by Waterstones. 1 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 2 Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 4 Northern Lights: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman 5 Vernon

  • In Port

    Today's Principal Arrivals: Vega Leader, ro/ro, 0530, 40; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0730, 201 Link; Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 1030, 202; Ville de Virgo, container carrier, 1830, 206. Today's Principal Sailings: MOL Progress, 0200, 205; CMA CGM Pasteur, container

  • GOOD IKEA

    FURNITURE giant Ikea could make its new home at one of Southampton's prime development sites, the Daily Echo can reveal. Plans to bring a branch of the popular chain to the city had stalled over planning difficulties. Now planning experts have revealed

  • Don't make us pay to pray...

    LEADERS at Southampton's biggest mosque have hit out at council plans to introduce evening parking charges in the city. They say it would hit the pockets of the city's Muslims who would be forced to pay out every time they visit the Medina Mosque in St

  • It's the greatest

    Southampton's Second World War aviation marvel - the Spitfire - has been officially named Britain's greatest aircraft. The world renowned fighter plane that helped defend the country's airfields in the Battle of Britain soared above the Vulcan and Concorde

  • Two wins in 24 hours for McCallum

    MICHAELA McCallum shone on road and country for Winchester & District AC last weekend. After seeing off the challenge of the guesting Lucy Vaughan in the Hampshire Cross-Country League meeting at Prospect Park, Reading, she was back in action less

  • Remains of the day

    BACK in the 18th century, St John's Court provided some of the poorest housing in Southampton. Fourteen families, often each numbering well over a dozen, existed in unspeakably cramped conditions, sharing one privy and one water pump. The cottages were

  • TOP TEN HARDBACKS

    This week's best-selling hardbacks supplied by Waterstones. 1 What Not To Wear Pt 2: For Every Occasion by Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall 2 A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell 3 Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany by Ben Schott 4 Lyra's Oxford by Phillip

  • Love me tender

    THERE is one Hampshire farmer who certainly won't be doing the funky chicken at this year's Christmas parties. For Chris Graham, of Dean Farm in Ropley, has been helping his turkeys to chill out before their big day by playing them ambient tunes. He is

  • Ferry owners will pay for pier repair

    HYTHE Pier will be restored to use after the owner of a dredger that smashed through the structure agreed to pay a significant sum to repair it. The news means the future of the Hythe to Southampton ferry service that runs from the pier is safe. There

  • Cashing in on Christmas . . . or protecting the innocents?

    THE VIDEO footage is a little wobbly, sometimes fuzzy, but it captures a magical family moment. The tea-towel-wearing shepherd totters on stage, blurts his lines and joins an angelic chorus in singing Little Donkey. Teary-eyed mums and grannies look on

  • Bloomin' marvellous

    In March a multi-mllion-pound dream was devastated by fire . . . but the fighting spirit of the Rose Road Association has blossomed and on Monday Christmas comes early . . . WHEN the Rose Road Association's new multi-million-pound centre was damaged in

  • Sir Jimmy's ready for Aurora cruise

    TV and radio star Sir Jimmy Savile is arriving in Southampton this weekend before going on board the cruise ship Aurora for a trip to Madeira, the Canary Islands and Spain. The 12-night holiday will be Sir Jimmy's 50th cruise on board the P&O cruise